Can I haz yer ARX?
400 ARX per week max - How Come?
- Thread starter Chaparral
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Except you cant buy what you want when you want in the old system, you're stuck with buying packs of which usually only one or two are of interest. But dont let that get in the way of your narrative, which is the usual 'whatever happens now is terrible, whatever used to be was awesome no matter my earlier opinions on it.'
Except you cant buy what you want when you want in the old system, you're stuck with buying packs of which usually only one or two are of interest. But dont let that get in the way of your narrative, which is the usual 'whatever happens now is terrible, whatever used to be was awesome no matter my earlier opinions on it.'
Sorry run that by me again. From what you're imply, I get that with the new system we can buy individual ship kit pieces without having to buy the entire pack? Got a link to that for proof?
Sorry, at work, someone else will dig up the quote. Ship paints will be sold individually (and with packs for additional discount or whatever).
He didn't say anything about ship kits.
If you don't know about paint jobs being split out of packs, why are you posting about ARX over and over again when you clearly have not read anything about them?
You realize none of this is just a "kind gesture" from FD for free store points? It's a tried and tested consumer manipulation tactic designed to get people to spend more money in the game store. It's why almost every free mmo has it in one form or another. It why you get free "store" points from coffee shops, gas stations and stores.
The free points are capped only so the most dedicated will truely grind for stuff not paying out of pocket.
The target consumer group is the people that earn say a 1000 points for a 5000 point item. Normally they might not buy but since they are only paying for 4000 and not 5000...psychologically are more inclined to purchase. With this system they will have psychologically manipulated people into buying more items more often.
The free points are capped only so the most dedicated will truely grind for stuff not paying out of pocket.
The target consumer group is the people that earn say a 1000 points for a 5000 point item. Normally they might not buy but since they are only paying for 4000 and not 5000...psychologically are more inclined to purchase. With this system they will have psychologically manipulated people into buying more items more often.
And those are the exact marks who will defend it to the hilt, too.
They were already doing that with the limited time skins. I much prefer this marketing technique as the more stingy among us can effectively gather items for free.
Indeed, combine it with the "point package" system where you pay $20 worth of points for an item you want thats only $14. FD keeps the $6 but later you there is a $12 item and since your already have $6 worth of points unspent..... And the cycle begins again.
I don't go to a gas station, hand them a $20 for smokes and they "keep" the change in case I want to come back later and buy something else.....
Considering that the whole of Season 3 (Beyond) which include all of the updates last year, this year and next year (until the big update at the end of 2020) is completely free I think Frontier deserve to earn a bit of money from us through cosmetics to help fund the continual development of the game. Or maybe you want them to stop working on Fleet Carriers....
More of an indicator of the direction the company is headed. Great for the "stingey" crowd but thats not FD target spender.
What lol this isn't some charity for a little developer any more, fdev is better than a lot of aaa studios!
Oh, I read your post and referenced parts of it, but I chose to ignore the parts that have been brought up over and over and over again and have been responded to over and over again.
Do I need to point out that Frontier Points have existed for years? Do I need to go over the whole concept of meta-currency again? Do I need to use smaller words? Colorful pictures? I'm tired of answering the same statements only to have some new screwball show up two pages later with the exact same "revelation".
People keep comparing ARX to completely different systems. You, specifically, decided to compare it to a slot machine, when nothing about the ARX system generates random rewards. It's apples and oranges, but your logic is "well they're both fruit", as if that makes them the same.
It's a bunch of slippery-slope nonsense mixed with a heavy dose of false equivalency. People barking "oh but this game has this bad thing!" over and over like it makes any kind of point. Declaring that ARX could be something sinister, or might eventually turn into another system entirely. What if FDev offers more ARX if we give them our [/i]blood!?[/i] It could happen, so we should be on the forums about it!
FDev made their store better. You and the outrage brigade are literally complaining about the improvement because it will make it more tempting to buy stuff. What's next? Complaining about better cosmetics, tempting you to get them? The nerve.
What I'm saying is that if Frontier were EA, or Bethesda etc. they would have charged for the whole of Season 3, but they didn't. Frontier decided to let us have Season 3 for free and now they're letting us have some Arx for free each week if we want. But no, this is somehow wrong by some people. smh
See I remember season 3 being a "freebie" apology season because of seasons 1+2.
Game launched bare bones with promises of a year of updates. We got wings, cqc and power play. Lots of bugs and lots of placeholders.
Horizons launched bare bones with promises of updates, some good some bad some doa. In summary I spent the majority of the first few seasons waiting to get my money's worth. So no, I don't think they "deserve" more money. Make a finished product and sell it, stop selling promises.
Firstly get off your high horse about what I have read and what I haven't read. There is a myriad of posts about Arx what will be what might be and what someone else said might be. So shut it.
Skippy said they were splitting packs, I asked if that included kit packs and if so I hadn't seen it. Maybe listen/read what people have issues with. In my case, it's the reason for such a change when it clearly wasn't needed, and why it's more important than giving us content.
Maybe if your eyes weren't fogged over with frontier-love you might be able to read better.
Its hard to charge for QoL changes and would of split the player base further.
let's be clear... Season 3 was supposed to be a year where they fixed all things that they broke.
Season 2 was meant to 1 year of updates (Horizons) but it took them 2 years.
Liikewise, the next release apparently includes things we were told we were getting last year.
No, you didn't "ask", you said he implied a very specific thing and then demanded proof.
And I'm not the one with issues reading, I actually read about ARX and have an informed opinion. You are in the unfortunate position of not knowing what you're talking about, and it shows. Certainly hasn't curtailed your posting about it, strangely enough.
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